criminal contempt
Americannoun
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State Attorney for the Northern District of California for possible criminal contempt proceedings.
From Los Angeles Times
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said she was referring the matter to the US Attorney for Northern District of California to investigate whether a criminal contempt proceeding is appropriate.
From BBC
Gonzalez Rogers also referred the case to federal prosecutors to investigate whether Apple committed criminal contempt of court for flouting her 2021 ruling.
From Los Angeles Times
Boasberg said last week that he found probable cause for putting administration officials in criminal contempt for not turning the planes around.
From Los Angeles Times
In the case of criminal contempt, Prof Tsai said the normal course of events would be to refer the issue for prosecution by the justice department, which is run by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
From BBC
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